When Ibai Gómez arrived at Athletic Club back in 2010 it didn’t take long for him to become a fan favorite at the San Mamés. The passion and fearlessness that he played with endeared him to the Athleticzales and he appeared in over 100 games before leaving to join Alaves in 2016. Injuries played a major role in the winger

Change is coming at Athletic Club. With manager Kuko Ziganda’s first year in charge viewed as a failure, the Basque giants will be hiring a replacement this summer in hopes of getting the ship back on course. However, that will not be the only major change happening in Bilbao. Sporting Director José María Amorrortu is also expected to leave the

When Ernesto Valverde left his post to become the manager at FC Barcelona it was only right that Kuko Ziganda was handed the job at Athletic Club. He had overseen Bilbao Athletic since 2011 and was being groomed for the promotion. Fast forward to now, just six months into his first season, and it is clear that things have not

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. That phrase pretty much sums up Kuko Ziganda’s first season in charge of the Athletic Club first team. The 51-year-old had been groomed for the job for six years while managing Bilbao Athletic and everyone knew that he was going to take over when Ernesto Valverde decided to leave. Even though Ziganda didn’t have

Jonas Ramalho was once a highly-touted right-back coming out of Lezama and it didn’t take long for him to get chances in the first team. However, coaching changes, injuries, and added competition saw him lose his place. Last year he left Athletic Club to join Girona and went on to help the team earn promotion to the Primera for the

After months of speculation, Athletic officially announced on Tuesday that Ernesto Valverde would not be continuing for a fifth season. The legendary manager gave his farewell press conference on Wednesday after and said his final goodbyes while saying that he believed it was time to move on so that someone else could lead the team. For several years the next

On Tuesday it was made official that Ernesto Valverde would not be continuing at Athletic Club for a fifth season amid rumors that he would soon accept the upcoming vacancy at Barcelona. On Wednesday, in front of reporters and all of his players, Txingurri and President Josu Urrutia gave a joint press conference to make the announcement and, from the

With the season having finally come to a close all eyes have been on Ernesto Valverde. For months now the Athletic manager has been linked with a move away from the Basque giants with FC Barcelona interested in making hims their next manager. Txingurri has remained silent about the rumors so far, but on Tuesday there was finally clarity on